Metro AreaProgram Director at National Cancer InstituteMedical DevicesEducationColumbia University in matlab City of New York 1987 — 1989Northwestern University 1981 — 1985BA, political scienceExperienceNCI SBIR Development Center September 2005 Present SkillsCommercialization, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, Technology Transfer, Program Management, Strategy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Biotechnology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer, Lifesciences, Start ups, Clinical Development, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Science, Management, GrantsProvidence, Rhode Island AreaAssociate Professor at Rhode Island CollegeHigher EducationEducationUniversity of Iowa 1988 — 1993Ph. D. , Political ScienceUniversity of Iowa 1984 — 1988B. A. , Political Science, JournalismNorthwestern University 1984 — 1985JournalismExperienceRhode Island College August 2006 Present University of Wisconsin Stevens Point August 1997 May 2006 Hartwick College August 1993 June 1997 Babes Bolyai University September 1995 July 1996 Greater Chicago AreaProject Director at Valor Systems, IncPublic SafetyEducationNorthwestern University 1984 — 1985Diploma “Long Course”, Police AdministrationDePaul University 1968 — 1976Bachelor of Arts, PsychologyExperienceValor Systems, Inc August 2014 Present Currently Retired February 2012 Present Intergraph December 2007 February 2012 Valor Systems, Inc. February 2006 November 2007 GeoComm January 2005 January 2006 Illinois State Police October 1999 December 2004 HTE June 1998 October 1999 Village of Oak Lawn, IL January 1997 May 1998 PERTECH, INC.